The collection consists of the working papers of Noel Stott's, at the time a staff member at the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), and is mainly relating to the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Project. Included are conference, seminar and workshop material; conference papers by Noel Stott and others; photographs and publications; general brochures and publications of position and discussion papers; outreach material.
The collection includes material relating to: Mike Deeb's education, his activities as a priest in rural parishes in South Africa and as the International Chaplain of International Catholic Student Movements. The papers also contain records of: The Dominican Order in Southern Africa, Vicarial Chapter, Catholic Student Organizations, Justice and Peace, Southern African Council of Priests and the Institute for Contextual Theology. There is also extensive Mike Deeb's correspondence, publications and memorabilia in the collection. The material was deposited in Historical Papers by Michael Deeb in 2014.
The compilation contains a list of persons which were held in custody or listed as members of subversive organisations in terms of the Act on Terrorism, Section 6 and 29. Some of the listed persons were charged and tried.
The Historical Papers Archive received the records of the CSVR in 2007, representing the work of the CSVR through its projects and programmes. It should be noted, that the material received is quite patchy and does not cover the full extent of the work done in the various Units and of all the projects and programmes of the CSVR exhaustively, gaps will have to be filled through subsequent archival deposits. Also, reference is made to the CSVR's TRC collection in an earlier collection received by SAHA, collection number AL3110.
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)